Friday, December 8, 2006

What symbolic, um, thing, can you do today to say Your Going Simple, inside and out? Actions often stick a stake in the ground, eh? Saying "I mean it."You could wrap up some of your favourite "extras"- gadgets, funky accesories and give them away, give them away, give them away now....You could go minimalist in your fashion for advent- giving your excess clothes to the Sallies or boxing them up....You could click on this sign below, press print and stick it on to your mail box....

If you catch someone slipping in another Christmas Deals Catalogue you can hit them with your new found revelation that inner and outer simplicity are siamese twins, that your loosing the junk in order to marinate yourself in anticipation of Jesus, and that the simple truth is found in Him Alone!!!! (Be prepared to hold a spontaneous revival meeting with all the neighbours that stopped to listen.)

The Marinade:

We were wondering what happened to the waiting room… that space before Christmas to prepare our heads and to soak our hearts in the excitement of the sending of Jesus. It seems to have been reduced to chocolate treats hiding behind cardboard doors. We want to be marinated in anticipation and to draw others to the marinade too.